Placket-closer.



PATBNTED APR. 26, 1904.

D. A. MOON.

PLACKET CLOSER. 7 APPLICATION FILED APR. 21; 1902.

F0 MODEL.

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Patented; April 26, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DEWITT A. MOON,- or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, ASSIGNOR To FEED- ERICK W. TAYLOR, or LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

1 PLACKET-CLOSEFL SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 758,459, dated April 26, 1904. Application filed April 21, 1902. Serial No. 103,996. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern: v

Be it known that LDEwITTAMooN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of J eiferson and State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Placket-(Jlosers; and I do hereby declare the following to be-a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in placket-closing devices; and the'object in view is the production of means for' eifectually guarding against accidentally opening of a placket.

It consists of a pair-of parallel arms of flexible material, secured together at one end and free at the other,- each of said arms being designed to be attached to one wall of a placket.

It also consists of a pair of flexible arms rigidly attached at one end and free at the other, each arm being designed to be secured to one side of a placket.

It further consists of certain other novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a placketcloser embodying the features of the present invention. Fig. 2 represents a viewin side elevation of a slight modification of the same. Fig. 3 represents a horizontal section taken on the plane of line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents a similar view on the plane of line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 represents a view in side elevation of another modification, part of the arms being broken away. Fig. 6 represents ahorizontal section taken on the plane of line 6 6 of Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 1 indicate parallel, preferably flat, flexible, spring-arms, secured together at one end by a preferably relatively strong web, as 2, said arms being spaced apart a suitable distance and held in their given positions relative to each other by saidweb.

In Figs. 2, 3, and 4 I have represented a slight modification, in which are employed flexible spring-arms, as l 1, connected at one end and spaced apart by a dividedoverlap ping web, as 2, the parts of said web being connected by a suitable pivot, as at 3, and locked against movement normally by a pinched portion of the two sections ofthe web, as at4, the said pinched portion forming a locking-lug on one section of theweb engaging a depression in the other section thereof. It will of course be apparentthat the lockinglug normally prevents movement of the sections of web 2 upon pivot 3, but that pressure upon arms 1' will cause said locking-lug to leave the depression and permit the arms to be swung apart.

A further modification isillustrated in Figs.

5 and 6, 1 l therein representing suitable spring-arms spaced apart and secured t0 gether at one end by a suitable web, as 2", said web being formed'with clamps, as 5 5, its edges engaging the ends of arms 1", suitable lugs, as 6 6, extending laterally from the main body of the web 2 and engaging the said arm 1" for locking the same within the clamps 5.

The application of the present placket-closer isvery simple, the web 2, 2, or 2", as the case may be, being placed at the closed end of the placket and the spring-arms secured to the walls thereof, whereby said placket will be retained normally in a closed condition. When it is desired to open the placket, the spring-arms are sprung laterally, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1.

It will be observed that the spring-arms and securing-web form a U -shaped mem ber designed to resist any edgewise pull, thereby effectually retaining the placket in a closed condition and preventing accidental opening thereof, while at the same time affording means for permitting the said placket to be opened readily when desired by a simple lateral spring of the arms.

Although I have specifically set forth thedetails of one embodiment of a placket-closer and indicated a few slight changes therein,

.yet I desire it to be decidedly understood that I do not limit myself to the exact forms enumerated, but shall deviate therefrom to any degree within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A placket-closer comprising a pair of parallel spring-arms, and a fiat web rigidly securing said arms together at one end, the arms being left free at the other faces of said arms and web lying in the same plane, one of said arms being designed to be attached to one wall of a placket and the other to the opposite wall thereof.

2. A placket-closer comprising a pair of spring-arms rigidly secured together at one end and free at the other, said arms being spaced apart and lying edgewise with respect to each other and with their flat faces in the same vertical planes, one arm being designed to be secured to one wall of a placket and the other to the opposite wall thereof.

3. A placket-closer comprising a pair of parallel, flat spring-arms, and a relatively large web rigidly securing one end of the pair of arms together, one arm being designed to be secured to one wall of the placket and the other to the opposite wall thereof.

A. A placket-closer comprising a pair of spring-arms, and means rigidly securing the same together at one end and spacing the arms apart, each of said arms being formed of comparatively thin flat material.

5. A placket-closer comprising comparatively thin, flat spring-arms, and means rigidly securing the lower ends of said arms together with the flat faces thereof lying in the same vertical plane, the arms being arranged edgewise with respect to each other, whereby said arms will be retained against edgewise rrlllovement while left free to be sprung latera y.

6. A placket-closer comprising a pair of spring-arms and a web clamped about said arms and securing the same rigidly together at one end, one of the arms being designed to be secured to one wall of a placket and the other to the opposite wall thereof.

7. A placket-closer comprising a pair of spring-arms, and a relatively wide comparatively strong web rigidly securing said arms together, and spacing the same apart, one of said arms being designed to be secured to one wall of a placket and the other to the opposite wall thereof.

8. A placket-closer comprising a pair of normally parallel, flat spring-arms arranged edgewise with respect to each other, and a web rigidly securing said arms together, the flat faces of said arms and web lying in the same plane.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses DEW ITT A. MOON.

Witnesses:

EDWARD CHRIsTMAN, W. M. VAUGHAN. 

